Palestinian Chicago : Identity in Exile / Loren D. Lybarger.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Lybarger, Loren D., Author.

Series:

• New Directions in Palestinian Studies
• New Directions in Palestinian Studies ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Palestinian Americans--Social conditions.
• Palestinian Arabs--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
• Palestinian Arabs--Illinois--Chicago--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

• Oakland University of California Press 2020
• Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. Chicago is home to one of the largest, most politically active Palestinian immigrant communities in the United States. For decades, secular nationalism held sway as the dominant political ideology, but since the 1990s its structures have weakened and Islamic institutions have gained strength. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and interview data, Palestinian Chicago charts the origins of these changes and the multiple effects they have had on identity across religious, political, class, gender, and generational lines. The perspectives that emerge through this rich ethnography challenge prevailing understandings of secularity and religion, offering critical insight into current debates about immigration and national belonging.

Contents:

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Foreword by the Series Editor
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. Palestinian Chicago: Spatial Location, Historical Formation
• 2. Secularism in Exile
• 3. The Religious Turn: American Muslims for Palestine
• 4. The Religious Turn: Generational Subjectivities
• 5. Dynamic Syntheses: Reversion, Conversion, and Accommodation
• 6. Dynamic Syntheses: Rebellion, Absolute and Spiritual
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• Index

Notes:

• This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mai 2021)